Surgical reconstruction of pilonidal sinus disease with concomitant extracellular matrix graft placement: a case series

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (Sup7) ◽  
pp. S28-S34
Author(s):  
Abigail E Chaffin ◽  
Shane G Dowling ◽  
Mychajlo S Kosyk ◽  
Brandon A Bosque

Background: Pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the soft tissue of the sacrococcygeal region and remains a challenging disease for clinicians to treat. The optimal treatment for PSD remains controversial and recent reports describe several different surgical approaches offering different benefits. Approximately 40% of initial incision and drainage cases require subsequent surgery. Due to high recurrence rates and postoperative complications, a more complex revision surgery involving a flap reconstruction may be required. We hypothesised that the combination of an extracellular matrix (ECM) graft with tissue flap reconstruction may decrease the postoperative complications and recurrence rates for PSD. Method: We report a retrospective case series using a surgical flap reconstruction with concomitant implantation of an ovine forestomach ECM graft under a fasciocutaneous flap with an off-midline closure for recurrent PSD, where previously surgical intervention had failed due to wound dehiscence and/or recurrent disease. Results: The case series included six patients. After three weeks, all patients except one were fully healed, and the sixth was fully healed by week 4; all wounds remained fully healed at 12 weeks. All patients achieved good cosmesis and were able to return to normal function without any residual symptoms. Conclusion: This pilot case series explored augmenting a flap reconstruction for complex PSD with advanced ECM graft materials, demonstrating that it may improve outcomes and minimise typical complications seen in flap closure, such as inflammation, infection, haematoma/seroma and hypoperfusion. Although the study had a limited number of participants, long-term outcomes were promising and suggest that further studies are warranted.

Author(s):  
Thomas W Athisayaraj ◽  
Boby Sebastian ◽  
Justin Alberts

Introduction: Pilonidal disease a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the sacrococcygeal region with superimposed infection. This problem can present with acute abscess or chronic discharging sinus and often difficult to treat due to high incidence of recurrence. We are presenting our case series of wide excision and rhomboid flap reconstruction of complex pilonidal sinus disease. Methods: This is a retrospective review of our series of patients who have had rhomboid flap reconstruction done in colorectal surgery department for complex pilonidal sinus disease. The time period between   is 2003 to 2017. The review was conducted from our electronic data base in our hospital. Results: We had 50 patients in total. 30out of 50 have had previous surgery for pilonidal sinus disease. Five patients developed recurrence (10% recurrence rate). 4 out of 5 patients who had recurrence were smokers.4 out of 5 patients with recurrence had previous surgery for pilonidal disease. The median age of the patients was 28.The age ranged from 16 to 49 years. The median length of stay is about 4 days Conclusion: In conclusion Rhomboid flap reconstruction is a viable operation for complex pilonidal disease. The long term results are good. It can be safely performed by a general /colorectal surgeon with good results. It is a good option for complex pilonidal sinus and recurrent disease following multiple previous operations. The recurrence rate seems to be higher in smokers and in patients who had previous surgery in natal cleft.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietrich Doll ◽  
Andriu Orlik ◽  
Katharina Maier ◽  
Peter Kauf ◽  
Marco Schmid ◽  
...  

Abstract Pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is increasing globally. A recent meta-analysis and merged-data analysis showed that recurrence rates in PSD depend essentially on follow-up time and specific surgical procedures. However, the global distribution of surgical approaches and respective recurrence rates have never been studied in PSD. We aimed at studying the impact of geographic distribution of surgical approaches to treat PSD and subsequent geography-specific recurrence rates. We searched relevant databases as described previously. Recurrence rates were then associated with reported follow-up times and geographic origin. We simulated individual patients to enable analogy across data. Globally, recurrence rates range from 0.3% for Limberg/Dufourmentel approaches (95% CI 0.2–0.4) and flaps (95% CI 0.1–0.5) and up to 6.3% for incision (95% CI 3.2–9.3) at 12 months. Recurrence rates range from 0.3% for Karydakis/Bascom approaches (95% CI 0.0–0.8) up to 67.2% for incision (95% CI 7.5–100) in the USA, and 0.0% for primary asymmetric closure in Germany (95% CI 0.0–0.0). Our analysis shows that recurrence rates in PSD not only depend on therapeutic approaches and follow-up time but also on geography. Primary asymmetric closure and various flap techniques remain superior regardless of the geographical region. Some approaches have extraordinarily good outcomes in specific countries.


2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akin Onder ◽  
Sadullah Girgin ◽  
Murat Kapan ◽  
Mehmet Toker ◽  
Zulfu Arikanoglu ◽  
...  

Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze the risk factors for complications and recurrence in pilonidal sinus disease. The prospective study consisted of 144 patients with pilonidal sinus disease who were operated on at Dicle University Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery, between February 2008 and December 2010. Patients receiving the Limberg flap totaled 106 (73.6%), while 38 (26.4%) had primary closure. Postoperative complications developed in 42 subjects (29.2%), and recurrence occurred in 19 (13.2%). The Limberg flap method was statistically considered as a risk factor for postoperative complications (P  =  0.039). Regarding recurrence, family tendency (P  =  0.011), sinus number (P  =  0.005), cavity diameter (P  =  0.002), and primary closure (P  =  0.001) were found to be risk factors. Postoperative complication rate is higher in the Limberg flap method than primary closure method. The risk of recurrence is related to family tendency, sinus number, cavity diameter and anesthesia type and is also higher in primary closure.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-275
Author(s):  
Ramu Shapur Srihari ◽  
Appaji Mandya Naveen ◽  
Harinatha Sreekar

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-196
Author(s):  
Abdelrahman Khafagy ◽  
Ellana Al Haddad ◽  
Salman AlSabah

Author(s):  
Michael Ardelt ◽  
Gregor Hallof ◽  
Rene Fahrner ◽  
Felix Dondorf ◽  
Stefan Ludewig ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective Sacro-coccygeal pilonidal sinus disease is a frequent surgical problem. Some authors assign the low recurrence rates of the Limberg flap to the flattening or elevation of the natal cleft. Summery of the background data: Numerous authors describe a flattening or elevation of the natal cleft as a result of a Limberg flap that originated from the gluteal region. However, thus far these were not quantified. Methods The aim of our study was to quantify the flattening or elevation, respectively, of the natal cleft. In the context of our study on the Limberg flap plasty with a homogenous group of 12 male patients, we measured the depth of the rima ani after the excision and we also measured the thickness of the Limberg flap. Results The median thickness of the rima ani at excision was 3.35 cm [IQR: 2.70; 4.18]. The median thickness of the Limberg flap was 4.85 cm [IQR: 3.90; 5.18]. The thickness of the rima ani after excision was statistically significantly less as compared to the thickness of the Limberg flap (p = 0.002). Conclusion In our study, we have shown the elevation of the crena ani with statistical significance by performing the Limberg flap for the treatment of sacro-coccygeal pilonidal sinus disease, leading to a flattening of the sacro-coccygeal region. As a deep crena ani is a factor in the pathogenesis of pilonidal sinus, the flattening of the sacro-coccygeal region with a Limberg flap plasty, as reported in countless publications, may explain the low recurrence rates.


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-100
Author(s):  
T. Baur ◽  
V. K. Stauffer ◽  
A. P. Vogt ◽  
P. Kauf ◽  
M. Schmid ◽  
...  

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